Sunnyside Up Homestead

The Black Australorps just turned 4 months old! The pictures above are from October 13th, 2018 which is the day after they turned 4 months old. These girls are very special to us as they are what basically started us on this homesteading adventure. This flock has 12 Black Australorps and 2 white roosters that we hatched from our family’s flock in our incubator. We order 10 of these hens and got 12 and they are all very healthy and happy. We love the temperament of these chickens, they love to jump up and sit on your arm. They REALLY love when you let them eat meal-worms out of your hands. They are a very pretty chicken with the black feathers with the green tint on their feathers. We aren’t really sure when they should start laying but we have started including laying food into their daily food. Based on…